
Acting
Eddie Muller
Born
1958-10-15 (68)
Place of birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Known for
Acting
Credits
26 titles
Eddie Muller is an American writer based in San Francisco. He is the founder and president of the Film Noir Foundation and hosts the weekly film noir showcase "Noir Alley" on Turner Classic Movies.
Known for
7.6Tracing a century of movie and TV history, these four documentary specials explore the unparalleled global impact of Warner Bros. on art, commerce, and culture.
100 Years of Warner Bros.
2023
7.2Throughout the 1950s, Tab Hunter reigned as Hollywood’s ultimate male heartthrob. But throughout his years of stardom, Tab had a secret. Tab Hunter was gay, and spent his Hollywood years in a precarious closet that repeatedly threatened to implode and destroy him. Tab Hunter himself shares first hand, for the first time, what it was like to be a studio manufactured movie star during the Golden Age of Hollywood and the consequences of being someone totally different from his studio manufactured image.
Tab Hunter Confidential
2015
7.5The history of the birth of an icon, the Borsalino hat. From the factory where it was conceived in a small Italian town, to the glamorous world of Hollywood.
Borsalino City
2016
6.7This documentary explores the hidden history of the American Exploitation Film. The movie digs deep into this often overlooked category of U.S. cinema and unearths the shameless and occasionally shocking origins of this popular entertainment.
American Grindhouse
2011
7.8An appreciation and the story of the making of the 1941 film "The Maltese Falcon."
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
2006
NRA portrait of blacklisted writer-director Abraham Polonsky.
Dangerous Citizen: The Life and Times of Abraham Polonsky
2026
Film credits
2020s · 2 titles
A documentary by Steven C. Smith and Eddie Muller exploring the life and work of author Cornell Woolrich.
Nightmare: The Life and Films of Cornell Woolrich
2022
This conversation between director Carl Franklin and film noir historian Eddie Muller was recorded live onstage for a screening of 'Devil in a Blue Dress' at the Music Box Theatre in Chicago on August 17, 2018, as part of the Noir City Film Festival.
Dancing with the Devil: Carl Franklin on 'Devil in a Blue Dress'
2020
2010s · 10 titles
7.2Throughout the 1950s, Tab Hunter reigned as Hollywood’s ultimate male heartthrob. But throughout his years of stardom, Tab had a secret. Tab Hunter was gay, and spent his Hollywood years in a precarious closet that repeatedly threatened to implode and destroy him. Tab Hunter himself shares first hand, for the first time, what it was like to be a studio manufactured movie star during the Golden Age of Hollywood and the consequences of being someone totally different from his studio manufactured image.
Tab Hunter Confidential
2015
7.5The history of the birth of an icon, the Borsalino hat. From the factory where it was conceived in a small Italian town, to the glamorous world of Hollywood.
Borsalino City
2016
6.7This documentary explores the hidden history of the American Exploitation Film. The movie digs deep into this often overlooked category of U.S. cinema and unearths the shameless and occasionally shocking origins of this popular entertainment.
American Grindhouse
2011
NRFilm noir expert Eddie Muller and others discuss the classic film Trapped.
Freeing “Trapped”
2019
6.5A documentary about film noir films made in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Film Noir
2015
Documentary about the use of 3-D technology in Inferno (1953) and the advent of CinemaScope, in 1953 in the film The Robe (1953).
A New Dimension in Noir: Filming Inferno in 3D
2017
Documentary on the making of the film, from script to noir classic, produced by Steven Smith and the Film Noir Foundation.
Love Is a Roller Coaster: Woman on the Run Revisited
2016
The documentary covers the origins, history and curious stories behind the production along with a perceptive reading of the film.
The Cost of Living: Creating the Prowler
2011
CZAR OF NOIR details the history of noir in American cinema – but also reveals the obsessed, personal side to Eddie Muller: how he was first introduced by his father, a San Francisco journalist who specialized in boxing, to a world that was purely “noir.” Eddie went on to write five non-fiction books about the history of noir and is also author of the best-selling autobiography of actor Tab Hunter.
The Czar of Noir: Eddie Muller Steps From the Shadows
2010
Behind the scenes of "The Man Who Cheated Himself" (1950)
The Man Who Cheated Himself-Revisited
2018
2000s · 5 titles
7.8An appreciation and the story of the making of the 1941 film "The Maltese Falcon."
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
2006
7.1Film Noir burrows into the mind; it's disorienting, intriguing and enthralling. Noir brings us into a gritty underworld of lush morbidity, providing intimate peeks at its tough, scheming dames, mischievous misfits and flawed men - all caught in the wicked web of a twisted fate.
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
2006
NRA documentary featuring film historians, directors and authors discussing the making of Billy Wilder's "Double Indemnity."
Shadows of Suspense
2006
Brief overview of the two actors at the Fox Studio.
Killer Instincts: Richard Widmark and Ida Lupino at Twentieth Century Fox
2008
Making of Moontide talking about the production of the movie.
Turning of the Tide: The Ill-Starred Making of Moontide
2008
Undated · 2 titles
Details Mamie Van Doren’s rise in Hollywood in the 1950s after being discovered by Howard Hughes, as well as her personal life.
Mamie Exposed! The Life and Loves of the Last Blonde Bombshell
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Promotional short to benefit Eddie Muller's Film Noir Foundation and their annual "Noir City" event in San Francisco, CA.
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Series credits
Behind the camera
NRA portrait of blacklisted writer-director Abraham Polonsky.
Dangerous Citizen: The Life and Times of Abraham Polonsky
2026
NRA portrait of blacklisted writer-director Abraham Polonsky.
Dangerous Citizen: The Life and Times of Abraham Polonsky
2026
6.3A documentary about the history of exploitation films that focuses on the careers of legendary producers David F. Friedman and Dan Sonney.
Mau Mau Sex Sex
2001
A documentary by Steven C. Smith and Eddie Muller exploring the life and work of author Cornell Woolrich.
Nightmare: The Life and Films of Cornell Woolrich
2022
6.0A young woman (Dashe) discovers a cache of used books that she believes holds clues to the solution of decades-old crimes. When the authorities dismiss her, she takes matters into her own hands, ringing the doorbell of Hazel Reedy (Hunt), a lonely recluse who may or may not be the widow of America's most notorious serial killer. Their cross-generational confrontation, played out in real time, leads to an unexpected and shocking conclusion.
The Grand Inquisitor
2008
6.0A young woman (Dashe) discovers a cache of used books that she believes holds clues to the solution of decades-old crimes. When the authorities dismiss her, she takes matters into her own hands, ringing the doorbell of Hazel Reedy (Hunt), a lonely recluse who may or may not be the widow of America's most notorious serial killer. Their cross-generational confrontation, played out in real time, leads to an unexpected and shocking conclusion.
The Grand Inquisitor
2008
